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CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
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Falling Just as Hard CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
OLIVIAHangover is a bitch and I’m never drinking again.By the time I made it up the stairs last night and into my bed, I blacked out.I woke up in the middle of the night throwing up. Sweet Sharlene held my hair though and cleaned me up when I was done.When I woke up in the morning, I felt dead. My eyelids were heavy and they hurt a lot. The sun streaming into the room didn’t even help.Luckily there was aspirin and a bottle of water waiting by the side of my bed. I made a mental note to thank Sharlene later for it.I’m not sure what time she left but it must have been pretty early because I woke up to an empty bed.It’s just a day till the wedding and I’m growing nervous. Especially when Jake’s mum comes to the apartment and whisks me away.Apparently we’re going for spa treatment which she claimed was also good for bonding with her future daughter-in-law.I doubt she meant it. If anything I was at alert around her, in case she decides to get rid of me before the wedding.“Thank y
Falling Just as Hard CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
OLIVIAThe ride home in his car is silent, but not awkward. We’re both drowned in our thoughts, me especially because I don’t know what to expect from Jake.I don’t want to assume that the actions he had displayed back at the club was out of jealousy. I mean that is one emotion that I can never expect from him, not when he had several women lined up and waiting to take my position.“You didn’t have to carry me out like that, I’m not a child. You should have just called me out.”I didn’t expect a response so I’m baffled when he comes to an abrupt stop and turns to give me a stern look. “And would you have followed me? Willing?”I’m tongue-tied because I don’t have the answer to his question. Or maybe it’s because I was too ashamed of my answer, it would seem pathetic to say that I would drop everything I have and follow me if he ever asked.The light turns green and I’m spared from answering. Instead I put all of my focus on the window and stare at the night life that breezes past us.
Falling Just as Hard CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
OLIVIAI’ll dream about last night for the rest of my life. The passion, the love and the desires that laid tangles with us in the sheets.I’ve never been connected to another like I have with Jake and instead of the regret I thought with seep in, love blooms even more in my heart.This was a dream come true for me. To spend my life with someone that loved me, that was willing to go miles for me and what we shared.It’s hard to keep the smile from my face even in my dreams. My joy was immeasurable. I turn around and try to wriggle back into his arms only to find his side of the bed empty.After his profession we’d both ended up in his room, and he showed me the reason he was quite popular with the girls, while they were all hooked to him.It was a torture trying not to think of all the people he had been with in the past. My only consolation was that he ended up with me. I was the only that held him in the night, I was the one he choose.I let light slowly seep into my eyelids as I op
Falling Just as Hard CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
OLIVIAWe stand there, engaged in a staring contest. Of course I lose because in my defense his eyes aren’t really the type you’d like to look into for a long time. It feels like they’ll drag you into the plainness of them.“I’m out of here,” I mutter under my breath and try to push past him. He’s not even trying to be gentle at this point, he pushes my shoulders hard enough that I stumble and fall to the floor.It hurt, really bad. I hope I’ve not bruised my tail bone because it would be even more painful.With a muffled sob I stand up with much difficulty and hold on to the table so I don’t go falling down again.“Why won’t you let me leave? It’s clear that you don’t want mt here anymore,” I say, growing frustrated with every minute that passed us by.“I’ll let you leave on only one condition,” he starts with a raised brow. “You’ll ever contact Jake again.”“What sort of joke is that? What of the wedding? I think you’re missing a lot with what you’re asking me to do.”Kyle shakes hi
Falling Just as Hard CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
OLIVIAAll my life people have always said demeaning things to me because I had no family but never has anyone said it so plainly to my face. That I wasn’t worthy.The others at least had the decency to whisper it behind my back.I never asked for this kind of life. I didn’t choose to have no family, or anyone to call me home. All I ever wanted in life was the one thing that was denied right since I was a child.The ability to belong to a family, to experience the warmness of that bond. To feel the love of a father and to be held by a mother who cared for you but than herself.It had been though growing a thick skin and paying what others said no mind. No one wanted to be friends with me, like having no parents or siblings was my fault.Going from one orphanage to the other as a kid was enough to scar me a lifetime. To think that were people who judged me for something I had no control over.“So having a family or not is what determines your worth to other people?” I ask in a heated t
Falling Just as Hard CHAPTER TWENY-NINE
OLIVIAIt was a complete bluff saying that I won’t see Jake, that much is certain when I find my way back to the apartment.Maybe it was a coincidence that the building he had left me in was around the corner. I take bold steps towards his building, telling myself that I was here just for answers and to take a few necessities from my room.How do I face him after knowing all that he has done? I wonder if he’ll try to deny it in my face or act all natural like what he did wasn’t a big deal. It wouldn’t be to him anyway, stealing girls’ heart must come to him so naturally.Even as I pound up the stairs I fought with myself if what I was doing was right. If confronting him would be okay or if it would only end up hurting me the more.I pause when I’m halfway through the stairs and try to talk myself out of seeing him. There’s a huge possibility that he was with his newly wedded wife at the moment and I might be interrupting something pretty intimate between them.They got married hours a
Falling Just as Hard CHAPTER THIRTY
OLIVIAThis is the first time ever that I’m seeing twinkling stars. I hate it but it does not look nor feel pretty.My head hurts like I’ve been crushed by a giant truck and left on the floor to die for good. It makes me remember when Jake had hit me with his car, which led to the beginning of our contract.I lay on the cold hard ground and let the exhaustion I feel weigh my bones further down. I was at a big disadvantage. It was one weak female against four boys that are mostly likely not sober.A hiss escape my lips when I try to open my eyes. It hurt like hell and it wasn’t even where I’d been hit.With my right hand pressed to the ground I push myself up, wheezing when I stumble and fall.One of them search my pockets of my gown and pulls my hair when his hand comes up empty.“If I had any money I wouldn’t be here in the first place,” I tell him whilst trying to loosen his hold on my hair. It would be a miracle if I don’t end up bald this night.“Looks like you have a smart mouth
Falling Just as Hard CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
OLIVIA It takes me more than a minute to process what he just said and when I do I look at him in disbelief. I point at myself then at him. “You want me to follow you home?” I ask slowly so he easily understands what I’m asking. It’s not like he’s asking me for a walk through the park. Or for coffee, brunch, even dinner. “Yes, but please don’t take it the wrong way.”I laugh because it’s the most nonsense I’ve heard in a while. How the hell am I not supposed to take it the wrong way? “Do you always ask girls that you saved from creeps at bus stations to follow you home?” I know I’ve asked the wrong thing this time when he flinches before answering. “Might be hard to believe but no, I don’t usually take strangers back to my home,” he speaks to me like he’s growing impatient. Well, I have all the time in the world because I currently do not have a destination. “Hello,” I say with a little sarcastic wave. “In case you forgot, I’m a stranger too.” “There’s just something about you t
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